Comment

Representation ID: 9579

Received: 20/07/2022

Respondent: L&Q Estates Limited

As indicated previously, L&Q is already investing in the South of Bedford area at Wixams. In
that context, it supports the intention to deliver sustainable future urban extensions within the
South of Bedford area for 7,050 new homes (alongside appropriate infrastructure), and
specifically the identification of broad areas of growth at Draft Policies HOU15 (Land South of
Wixams) and Policy HOU16 (Land at East Wixams). We note that a more detailed strategic
place making framework for the South of Bedford policy area will be adopted as a
Supplementary Planning Document, but that the Stepped Trajectory Topic Paper (April 2022)
indicates capacity of 300 dwellings at Land South of Wixams and 1,800 dwellings at Land East
of Wixams.
In our view Wixam is a sustainable location for housing growth; that is, it benefits from good
access to employment centres, it located in the Oxford – Cambridge Arc growth area, it
benefits from existing infrastructure, and has the potential to deliver additional new
infrastructure where required.